• TZer0@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    I really wish that people had listened to us (collectively) if not when we were pointing out that Musk was union busting, then at least when he made the useless metal death tube to rescue children out of an underwater cave and accused the guy who actually got them out of being … (cw: holy fucking shit)

    spoiler

    … a pedo

    But no, years later and now people suddenly see it. Better late than never, but god damn if a lot of the damage hasn’t already been done.

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      I’m surprised you can breathe in that ivory tower. the air must be really thin.

      so, what did you do outside of an arm chair to stop the spread of Musk branded fascism?

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        What’s your problem? The OP said they wish people turned against Musk sooner. I do too. And since you’re talking about ‘Musk branded fascism’, I assume you agree as well. So why are you being a dick?

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          my problem is people who chastise others over not acting sooner.

          yeah, sure, ensuring Musk never got to where he is would have been great. Had we known what he was going to do now.

          hindsight is a wonderful thing, but serves no other purpose in this case but to distract and perpetuate the notion that we should have acted sooner on information we didn’t have until now.

          Musk is a fascist, but did ANYONE believe he was capable of doing the things he’s doing now, then?

          if anyone says yes, they’re lying.

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            my problem is people who chastise others over not acting sooner.

            All they said was that they wish people had listened. Thats it. The only one who’s mentioned action is you.

            Musk is a fascist, but did ANYONE believe he was capable of doing the things he’s doing now, then?

            Yes, because he’s always been a billionaire with no morals, he’s always treated people like shit and he’s always put money ahead of everything, even his own family members. Someone who can do those things is capable of anything.

            if anyone says yes, they’re lying.

            lol.

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            From my point of view, the OP’s comments were broadly expressing a vibe that Musk’s popularity lasted too long; but I did not see the post as chastising anyone. Your post, on the other hand, was a direct attack. I don’t think that was helpful in any way.

            I can at least now understand why you didn’t like the OP’s comment, but I still think what you said was out of order.

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          GreenKnight23 is a troll. Block and move on with your life, secure in the knowledge that this block will result in nothing of value will be missed.

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            how’d you get that idea?

            just because someone calls out bullshit behavior that you agree with doesn’t make them a troll.

            if I was a troll I’d ask some incendiary question like, "how can you breathe-- ohhhh…

            it was an incendiary rhetorical question, but that’s only because they’re saying we should have done something sooner because of information we didn’t have until recently.

            that’s like saying someone should have stopped Hitler because we all know he was a bad guy, now.

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      I learned very quickly when I graduated with a CS degree in 2015 that every single actual engineer fucking hates him. Like everyone I met in San Jose hated him and Tesla. Except for maybe managers or executives no one with actual skill in that field respects him for anything. It’s like when he played PoE on stream and it was obvious to anyone that ever played games that he had no idea what he was doing. That’s basically how its felt for anyone that works for one of his companies or even works in a similar field. It’s been that way for us for well over a decade.

      This is the difference between “Tech Bros” and people that work in Tech.

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    I am doubtful this is true… are there any other sources?

    Honest question, maybe this is silly, but what acid would be unable to eat through a water balloon, but still strong enough to eat through automotive paint?

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      Brake fluid?

      Regular DOT3 brake fluid is quite harmful to paint especially if it’s unnoticed and won’t be cleaned off for several hours. You can pump the stuff through rubber brake lines no problem, so I imagine a balloon would be able to survive it.

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      but what acid would be unable to eat through a water balloon, but still strong enough to eat through automotive paint?

      Paint strippers often come in plastic bottles, but destroys the bond between paint and metal.

      Also even light acids like vinegar can be enough to etch and damage, but not remove paints - or in the case of the cybertruck, accelerate corrosion on the stainless.

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        Those plastic bottles that hold diluted acids and alcohols are usually PP (polypropylene) or HDPE (high density polyethylene) or similar plastics that are a lot tougher than thin, flexible plastic bags (LDPE, PET) and I imagine balloons too

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      Chemicals react with different materials differently. I’m not a chemist but there are probably plenty of chemicals that would react with the stainless steel or paint of a tesla but not the rubber in a balloon. Bleach and ammonia off the top of my head would probably mess up the trim pretty good. Doesn’t have to burn holes to do damage.

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        do not mix bleach and ammonia under any circoumstamce, you will die from a painful hydrazine (poisonous) and nitrogen trichloride (explosive) death

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      Party/water baloons are usually made from latex, which is resistant to some acids but not others.

      Another option is to use nitrile or vinyl gloves.

      https://glovesbyweb.com/pages/gloves-chemical-resistance-chart

      You’re not really looking for long-term storage, so as long as the material holds up for a few min while you fly around… You may even want it to disolve to destroy evidence and ensure the acid is actually deployed.

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        Tbh I really hope nobody is flying anything particularly corrosive around in a water balloon, that has far too much potential to do harm to an unlucky randomer.

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          The Signal group imbeciles were pretty chuffed about an ENTIRE apartment building being collapsed on their single person target. Collateral damage from a bursting balloon seems trivial, by comparison…

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      You buy most acids, commercially, in plastic bottles… Those bottles would probably split nicely if dropped from a great enough height. Thus, you get impact damage, and the acid would enhance any damage done. Although, now I’m thinking about it, glass bottles would shatter better…Nitric acid, anyone?

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      Water balloons are pretty weak, something like acetone or xylene could fuck up the paint but would also damage the balloon. Acids are unlikely to do much, they’re both made of plastic polymers.

      You could probably fill a water balloon with paint, though. Or epoxy.

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      It’s probably made up bullshit to legitimize Moron’s desire to call tesla vandalism “terrorism” and throw people in jail

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          Honestly, we just need a trebuchet aimed at the white house and mara largo. Mara largo is absolutely not secure, and I doubt the white house is prepared for large boulders.

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        Don’t forget making drones illegal and putting drone owners in jail for no reason.

        The possibilities are endless!

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          Not “no reason.” It’ll be because they’re brown. Or trans. Or college educated. Or left of center…

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      You know in those movies where the hero has to beat the living hell from a thousand grunts before they are able to get at the boss? And you don’t feel too bad for the grunts, even though they’re not millionaires or the guys doing the big evil stuff, because they chose to align themselves with a villain like the boss?

      It’s kind of like that. If people don’t want to own a Tesla because they’ll be targeted for aligning themselves with Musk, Tesla’s stock goes down, which hurts the boss.

      I’m not saying I support it (and I’m not saying I don’t), but saying that this is hurting the Working Class and not the real Bad Guy is missing the point.

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        Counter point = some folks bought Tesla (the normal ones not the weird “truck” things) because they wanted a more environmentally friendly option for a car. Back before awareness that Musk is an asshole was common.

        Like some of the owners might be regretful but not in a position to sell at a huge loss and buy a different EV.

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          The huge loss (in sales volume and therefore 2nd hand price) has mainly occurred because Musk is meddling politically.

          Shit dropped from drones is just icing on the cake.

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            I am 100% in support of boycotting Tesla.

            Just if someone bought a Tesla as their personal vehicle 10 years ago because they wanted an environmentally friendly car - before we knew what an asshole Musk was - I don’t think they deserve to have their personal property damaged/destroyed.

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                At this point they’d get almost nothing for it - certainly not enough to buy a replacement car.

                I’m just saying it helps to carefully target the people you actually are trying to hurt. It doesn’t help a movement if they start hurting bystanders.

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                  Musk is the one hurting Tesla owners with his policies. Yes tesla owners are collateral damage, but the US government cares very little about collateral damage.

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          Nah. Musk was calling that rescue diver saving kids trapped in cave a pedo before the model 3 came out. It was clear, public knowledge that he was a douchebag very early on.

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            Not everyone is online as much as we are. Lots of people are utterly unaware that ever happened.

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              Being unaware doesn’t protect from consequences. Even morally, in a democracy, it’s up to the people to be informed. Buying decisions drive policy. It should worry people that they don’t have the time nor tools to be informed. This alone should start a general strike.

              With all the things that are looming, imagine the price you are going to pay because you were not online enough.

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                What if a person bought a Tesla 10 years ago (before folks knew what an asshole Musk was) to reduce dependence on foreign oil.

                Do you think that person deserves to have their car vandalized?

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                  No, but they could have cut their losses by selling when Musk’s character became clear.

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                  No. That’s why this is important:

                  It should worry people that they don’t have the time nor tools to be informed

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            Not everyone follows social media or the news like you. And not everyone bases their buying decisions on the personality of the company’s CEO. I think most people don’t. And probably most CEOs are douchebags

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            Yeah but I kind of expect every CEO to be on that level of douchebaggery. We wouldn’t be able to buy everything if that’s the bar, because the CEO of every company is on that level.

            Also we can’t expect everyone to be aware of that story.

            It’s when he bought Twitter and started going on about woke mind virus that he revealed himself as a bigger douche than most CEOs.

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              Yeah, the twitter debacle fucking broke him I wonder if there’s an alternative timeline where he weaseled out of having to buy it and decided to calm down and shut the fuck up afterwards.

              Maybe this is the timeline where he eats enough drugs to explode his own heart on a livestream.

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            EVERY big company CEO is a piece of shit. They just keep it behind closed doors. Fuckface decided to do it in the open.

            You probably own clothes right now made by kids in Pakistan. How would you feel if someone set them on fire while you were wearing them?

            You gonna slap the food out of people’s mouths because they shop at Walmart?

            Wanna kick some homeless dude for wearing a donated Tesla T-shirt?

            At some point you gotta realize everyone is a victim of capitalism and punishing them for being part of the system they’re born into is the opposite of how you get them to look around and wake up.

            If they really want catharsis they’d go after Tesla showrooms. Musk actually owns those, so you’ll actually be hurting his bottom line directly, instead of fucking over someone who bought the only car you could even get during the pandemic.

            Really, if you’re pissed at him fuck with him, not some random with a car payment who probably hates him as much as you do.

            (I really want to say cybertrucks are fair game, but that’s the goblin talking, and you really shouldn’t listen to the goblin. If your goal is accelerationism, then we have nothing to say to each other)

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            Lots of people aren’t online as much as you and I are. They might have bought an EV for environmental reasons 10 years ago without even noticing who owned the company.

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        Just to inform you: most people don’t care about the owner of their car brand. Do you know the owner of most, Toyota shares (without looking it up) ? People see Tesla, which is the most well known electric car brand, the Jones have one too, let’s buy one.

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          Then “most people” need to drag their thoughts further afield than their own tiny selfish little world.

          Ignorance is not innocence.

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            Do ylu trace back minerals in your cellphone to the very child that mined them ?

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          I think you’re missing the point. Personally, when I watch those movies, I think about whether the guard who just got turned into a parapalegic was just an ex-military guy who picked up a security job. For that matter, I wonder about how many people joined the German military in 1932, with no idea what their country would become. They still had to be fought through to affect the leader. Yes, any given grunt, any given infantry, is hurt considerably more than the big fish, but the way of the world is that a lot of little fish must suffer before the big fish feels it.

          Not every big fish can be luigi-ed. Some have a security detail.

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            There seems to be a misunderstanding indeed. What I was saying is that most tesla owners aren’t SS members who kill people and defend musk, they just hought a car for another reason (ecology, looking cool, showing off, they like the big display etc…) and might not even know that musk has something to do with tesla (I know, it’s hard to believe, but people genuinely don’t care who makes their cars)

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          Yeah that all sounds good until you realize there aren’t hundreds of people willing to a) murder bad people and b) sacrifice their lives for it.

          You might say the military is full of people who somewhat fit this description but that can only exist through millennia of false narratives about honor and nationalism. The fact that Luigi’s action was controversial illustrates the difference perfectly. How many times have you seen a reaction anything like that to a war crime committed by a soldier somewhere in the Middle East? You barely even saw reactions when we saw videos of people laughing while killing innocent people from a helicopter.

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        Billionaires have to be fought in their wallets. Use their precious “free market” against them.

        So far, Tesla stock is down about 60%, sales are tanking, the company image and brand is badly damaged, recovery seems far away, and frankly bankruptcy seems closer. If Tesla dies, Musk loses billions, AND his most lucrative division.

        It will also hurt the wallets of many other Sociopathic Oligarchs, who are also heavily invested in Tesla. Destroy a few other companies like that, and they may start to listen a bit harder.

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          1. I think fighting billionaires in their wallets is the exact wrong way because they have so much money it doesn’t even affect their personal life when they lose 90% or more of their wealth.

          2. Musk already is in a position of power which no money of the world can (or maybe should) buy you. So even if he loses all his money he will still have that power and continue to abuse it.

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            They dont think about money like we do. I remember a situation in a TV show where a successful actor lost half his money to a crooked financial advisor, and he was commiserating with his normal friends.

            “I lost $30 million!”

            “Wow, thats awful, how much of your money was that?”

            “About 50%.”

            “So you still have $30 million?”

            “Yeah, but I lost $30 million.”

            “Yeah, but you still have $30 million!”

            “Yeah, but I LOST $30 million!”

            Rich people often focus on how much they DON’T have, rather than how much they do have. That’s why they are always grasping for more, despite having no use for it at all. It’s a mental illness like hoarding, except it’s money instead of old newspapers or cats.

            When a Sociopathic Oligarch like The MuskRat loses half his fortune, he isn’t thinking “Who cares? I’ve still got more than I’ll ever need.” All they can think about is how much they lost. This Tesla crash will haunt him until the day he dies, even if it recovers, which I increasingly doubt it will. 50/50 it ends in bankruptcy within a couple of years.

            That’s why we should double and triple down and make it really hurt. I’ve taken to actually asking Tesla owners what made them turn into a Nazi. I don’t bother to stand around waiting for an answer, I don’t care. I just want them to hear how people are judging them harshly for their choice of vehicle.

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      Ya man. That’s pretty much it. Destruction of already paid for and profited on privet property is absolutely pointless.

      If you wanna hit these guys hard, people like Elon and his billionair ilk. Take they’re money. That’s what they fight for anyway, that’s all they want and it’s their most greatest fear.

      Take their money give them a menial job somewhere getting paid $15.45 an hour. See how they like it.

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        I dont think its the best way to get at their money but if they continue to get vandalized and ppl either sell them (flooding used market) or don’t buy them, the stock price might return to normal amount. I’m not advocating for that but it seems like a solution

        Any alternative solutions for affecting a wealthy persons money?

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    Remember, a lot of those Tesla owners are democrats who believe in cutting fossil fuels and bought their cars before Elon went full Nazi.

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      Thank you!

      Just because someone owns a Tesla doesn’t mean they’re bootlicking or some kind of Nazi sympathizer. And I’m sick and tired of social media frothing at the mouth for any excuse for violence.

      Jesus. It’s a car! Cars are major investments. I don’t own a Tesla, but if it was Henry Ford Jr. doing this instead of Musk, you can bet your ass I wouldn’t be bending to the whims of the bloodthirsty mob to sell the car I’ve had for close to a decade because they demand it as a purity test or else I’m a target for vandalism.

      FUCK THAT, AND FUCK THEM!

      I can’t afford a new car right now. I don’t want a new car right now; I like the one I have. My ownership of this car is in no way an endorsement of the Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford Jr, or any of their board members nor their actions, personal behavior, etc. It’s just a car, I like it, it’s paid for, it gets good mileage, and isn’t a smartphone on wheels.

      Replace “Ford Motor Company” with “Tesla” and it’s the same thing.

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        Its a little different. That pos ford has been dead awhile, and the company has been no more awful than any other car company since then. Lol maybe even a little less awful than some.

        Meanwhile the shitbox at tesla is still there, and has bought his way into american government on a much bigger scale than our normal owner class. And is also going full fucking hateful fascist. At least the people who owned us before pretended we were getting better and gave us a step forward for the two back.

        Yes, I do find the joke funny. No I dont want working people having there cars vandalized, whether they bought it to save the world or because they where propagandized. These tactics should applied to unsold teslas on the lots.

        But comparing CONTINUED or active support of tesla, to ford or german car companies, is wrong.

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          But comparing CONTINUED or active support of tesla, to ford or german car companies, is wrong.

          I’m doing no such thing.

          That pos ford has been dead awhile, and the company has been no more awful than any other car company since then.

          The point was that in 2017 when I bought this car (which is an analogy for a Tesla), Musk was just another eccentric shithead not unlike most other CEOs. “Henry Ford Jr” is a placeholder for whoever the fuck is in charge of Ford these days, not the literal man himself.

          So if Henry Ford Jr (remember: he’s a stand in for the current CEO) went full mask off, the argument from the mob is that I should have had a crystal ball to foresee that all the way back in 2017 AND that I should always have enough money to throw out and replace a MAJOR INVESTMENT, on a whim, just in case the CEO of the company that made it starts doing Nazi things at some undetermined time in the future. And if I can’t afford to do that, then the mob calls me a Nazi sympathizer, bootlicker, and deems me a valid target for vandalism.

          Can you see how goddamned illogical and insane that is?

          I’m done.

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        Man I’m just impressed you stopped huffing Elon’s Nazi farts long enough to type that all out, that must have been a really emotional moment for you.

        Hot people fight fascists, I don’t make the rules.

        If you own a Tesla, sell it, buy a superior car for less money, the Nazi company gets own owned, you have a better ride, and no one has to scratch their keys. Everyone wins.

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          Mods are censoring??? Don’t tell me we are redditing already. I was just answering this guys comment and it disappeared…

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            There are civility rules for most communities on lemmy. It helps to keep the discussion from erupting into slap fights.

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            No but I’ll sacrifice my pristine keys to teach you an important lesson about how huffing Nazi farts comes with consequences, like you deserve.

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              …and again. Censored as I responded. Seems I’m in sync with a rabid, over enthusiatic Elon fart sniffing mod…

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                Elon dming lemmy.world mods now, or do they hope to curry favor with the oligarchs in advance?

                Maybe lemmy.world will be the next reddit :)

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                  Looks like I had one of my comments, querying the mods, deleted too. That’s pretty sucky tbh and doesn’t encourage me for the future of Lemmy as a free speech platform. Apparently calling out a deleted comment is being uncivil… Edit: LOL it was my comment preceding yours… The generic message from the mods doesn’t actually tell you which message got deleted.

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              Imagine turning to violence against innocent people, members of your own party, just because you lost an election LMAO 🤣

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                Of course you think it’s violence because you think stuff is more valuable than actual human life.

                Jan 6

                People die

                “Just a peaceful protest”

                Giant huff of Musky beef tallow flatulence

                “Putting a scratch on a car is peak violence”

                Conclusion: musk farts cause brain damage.

                See also: mods

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      Sucks to suck I guess, market conditions change, time to get a car not built by a nazi and actively acting as a rolling surveillance system for a nazi?

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        Sure, but not everybody is rich to the point of changing cars like they change clothes. Most Tesla owners are underwater on their loans. Selling a Tesla requires giving the car away and bringing extra money to pay off the loan.

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          That is probably true, except as it relates to NEW Telsa owners, and Cybertruck owners. Those cunts can go eat ass.

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          I guess they’re suggesting to sell the car for cheap to conservatives. Let conservatives get a car for cheap, while losing thousands of dollars. At least you get to make a statement.

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            Yes, help the conservatives. A novel approach.

            I’m sure everyone who can easily throw away 40+ thousand dollars has already done so and is probably more than willing to tell you about it.

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    AWESOME!

    But I think it’s a hoax, tried finding the source and came across multiple accounts on threads posting the same thing word for word. Womp womp.

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    How is this shit is not banned yet? Since when is supporting criminal activities ok?

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    There is no ethical consumption under Capitalism. I am a Transwoman with a paid off model 3 please dont fuck with my only mode of transportation, im already about to snap as it is… do something that will actually help instead of trying to force folks to spend more money they dont have, to pass consumption purity tests.

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      You say do something that will actually help; like what?

      Seems like this shit has got you frustrated as a Tesla owner. That’s the point. You have the car, you know what people think of Tesla and you are their customer.

      What if you actually helped by calling up your Tesla dealership and telling them how frustrated you are that their Nazi CEOs actions are causing shit to be dropped on your car.

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        Locally organize, volunteer, unionize your workplace, or start a tenant union if you rent. The fact that you think calling a tesla dealership and complaining to an employee is going to hurt tesla is laughable, because tesla doesnt even operate through dealerships, and even if they did it would literally do nothing whatsoever.

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        How on earth would such a phone call make any difference at all to anything?

        EDIT Oh sorry I missed your joke… there are no Tesla dealerships.

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      Maybe get one of those “i got this before Elon was a nazi” stickers or something? Dumping it onto the used market for cheap would be ideal but I get it. I’m in the market for a new (used) car right now and taking on a monthly payment again isn’t something I’m looking forward to and could easily be considered a hardship.

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          Just trying to help, enjoy getting shit dropped on your Swasticar I guess, it’s nothing to me.

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            You do realize Henry Ford supported the original Nazis right… My bad for not buying a new goddamn car cause I’m saving up for bottom surgery. I guess this is what i should have expected to happen when liberals try Antifascist action lmao.

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              I guess this is what i should have expected to happen when liberals try Antifascist action lmao.

              As opposed to your selfless sacrificial “action” of… keeping your car and driving it around? Musk would see you exterminated, get some solidarity, dump your Swasticar and buy a fucking Camry or something.

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      Yeah, I agree, it doesn’t help. In car dealerships? That at least doesn’t affect people who bought a tesla because they cared for the environment before Elon went full Nazi.

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        I assume the best way to be “hard to catch” if using acid would be the most generic easy to get acid… muriatic acid from home depot / lowes right? (hydrochloric acid) It does mess up stainless steel but not sure what they’re doing with the acids in balloons, which is why it doesn’t seem real lol. all seems kinda silly

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      I want to know as well, because that could make it very dangerous.

      I get the feeling that acid was just added to the reports to shift public opinion

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        Yea I can’t find anything. I see something about elon posting tweets while on acid; another of tesla dumping bunches of chemicals into river ways in austin and other places when searching for tesla & acid lol

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      I’m guessing lemon juice. It’s corrosive and if left on a stainless steel surface for a longer time, especially in sunlight, it can cause stains and discoloring.

  • Even though this is most likely fake, it’s still worth a reminder, that learning how to fly drones is a hobby that could have some extra utility if the situation develops further in a way, where things may be needed that would be illegal to mention on reddit.

    And even if that doesn’t happen - still a very cool hobby.

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      It’s a bit challenging if you don’t have good reaction timing.

      Or if you didn’t know you could mix your trims and not make the throttle cut or spike every turn

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        Wouldn’t RC planes be easier to DIY? I wonder if it would carry more weight relative to its cost too. Bring back dive bombing?

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          I do not know what you are talking about. I certainly never heard of DIY cheap foam board planes you could pop a fpv camera on and fly. Certainly never would mention the word flite and test in the same sentence because I’d worry about foam board or youtube videos or a particular group getting shut down.

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        It just takes a bit of training and practice is all, it’s really not that hard.

        Get a solid radio like a Radiomaster Boxer (or Pocket, if you’re broke AF) and a copy of Velocidrone. The radio plugs into your PC like a joypad, and you can crash as many simulated drones as you need to get the hang of it 💛

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      Learning to build and fly drones has been on my to do list for several reasons. Number one they are freaking cool. Number two, if we need to defend ourselves/assassinate dictators/fight against the government, normal guns are kind of obsolete at this point.

      The new edition of the anarchists cookbook needs to include instructions on how to 3D print drones and program them to take out targets with AI.

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      on top of that, you can get all the Top Ukrainian drone Tech on Alibaba. TheChinese have developed some top notch shit and they got a lot of it sell. fiber controls, remote relays, release mechanisms, all sorts of fun toys

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      Truth.

      I have a little 3.5" diameter propeller freestyle drone that runs on 4s LiPos.

      It does 124mph and will pull 40G turns. It’s like being strapped to the front of a missile. More fun and orders of magnitude cheaper than civil aviation, that’s for sure. 😁